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Nationwide Stress

Stressful world events are destabilizing; plan how to keep yourself supported! Clinically speaking, this is definitely a week for anxiety and depression issues. And it's a week for people experiencing dismissal of their concerns about how scary things are right now, even by friends and loved ones. But it's reasonable to have emotional reactions to significant sociopolitical events. Having to go about everyday routine as though things are "normal" when…

http://lancasterpsychology.com/2024/11/02/nationwide-stress/

Nationwide Stress

Stressful world events are destabilizing; plan how to keep yourself supported! Clinically speaking, this is definitely a week for anxiety and depression issues. And it’s a week for people exp…

Intersectional Life Counseling and Psychology, LLC

#BestBuy is caving to threats by #christofascist #Republican investors, and will stop contributing to #LGBTQ non-profit organizations — including blocking their employee resource groups from making donations to those groups.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/best-buy-offers-screen-lgbtq-nonprofit-donations-conservative-pressure-rcna145603
#bigotry #discrimination #boycott #BBY

Best Buy offers to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations after conservative pressure, filing shows

Best Buy offered to screen donations from its employee resource groups going to LGBTQ causes after pressure from a conservative think tank, SEC filing shows.

NBC News

You deserve the love shown to you. No matter how depression lies to you.,

You deserve attention to your feelings. Express yourself.

You deserve to let that pain out. The only way out, is through.

Your worth practicing self love. Always be kind to yourself.

#anxiety #depression #bipolar #mentalhealth

Psychiatry is a medical practice; it is medication-focused. After your initial assessment, you will usually only see a psychiatrist for short med-checks of 10-15 minutes. You will generally not receive talk therapy.

Psychology is therapy and/or assessment-focused. After your initial intake, you will usually talk with your therapist for 45-50 minute sessions. You will not receive prescriptions.

#psychology #therapy #psychiatry

https://medium.com/@ConciseMedico/psychiatrist-vs-psychologist-expert-clearing-the-confusions-b3525ec6bdaf

Psychiatrist Vs. Psychologist Expert: Clearing the Confusions!

Life is an unending series of challenges for all of us. Some break and become, while others become and break. However, these challenges keep our lives crisp and help us become stronger and wiser…

Medium

Mental health in this timeline:

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti

"An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior." -Victor Frankl

"You can't “self-care” your way out of oppressive circumstances." -Simone Samuels

"Not all alarm is alarmism." -A.R. Moxon

#MentalHealth #Society #Sanity

From The Sick Times:

"Photo essay: Long Covid advocates gather in DC for demonstration"

https://thesicktimes.org/2024/03/18/photo-essay-long-covid-advocates-gather-in-dc-for-demonstration/

"On Friday, March 15, people with Long Covid and their allies gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. for the Long Covid D.C. (LCDC) protest to commemorate Long Covid Awareness Day."

@longcovid @mecfs

#LongCovid #MEcfs #Advocacy #WashingtonDC #LongCovidAwarenessDay #CovidIsNotOver

Photo essay: Long Covid advocates gather in DC for demonstration - The Sick Times

On Friday, March 15, 2024 people with Long Covid and their allies gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. for the Long Covid D.C. (LCDC) march to commemorate Long Covid Awareness Day.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
‘The @covidinquiryuk has been passed evidence showing that Do Not Attempt Resuscitation notices were placed on medical files of many people with Down’s syndrome, autism & other learning disabilities who were otherwise healthy before contracting the virus.’
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/thousands-of-disabled-people-died-after-covid-treatment-withheld-inquiry-to-probe-2970333?ito=twitter_share_article-top
Thousands of disabled people died after 'Covid treatment withheld', inquiry to probe

Mencap says Do Not Resuscitate notices were placed on the medical files of many people with Down’s syndrome, autism and other learning disabilities who were otherwise healthy before contracting the virus

inews.co.uk

@reinhilde
With so much written in PPE from 2020, it's difficult to find the source. I found this LinkedIn post from April of 2020 that alludes to the practice, though.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lack-ppe-supply-issue-its-money-people-dying-over-payment-carl-freer?trk=read_related_article-card_title

@Scienceisnotopinions

The Lack of PPE Is Not a Supply Issue. It’s a Money Issue. People are Dying Over Payment Terms

Frontline health workers battling COVID-19 are desperate for PPE — personal protective equipment — like masks, gowns, and gloves, which they need to protect themselves from infection and reduce the chance of spreading the virus as they care for patients. There is a notion that the problem is about s

Today in Labor History March 23, 1980: Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador gave a speech appealing to the men of the Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing Salvadoran civilians. The next day, they assassinated him, too.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #imperialism #DeathSquads #elsalvador #assassination #ArchBishopRomero #romero

The social version of “you are closer to being a a homeless person than to being a billionaire” is “we are closer to the middle ages than we are to the star trek future.”